9 fall to COVID on Sunday in Meghalaya

Regional9 fall to COVID on Sunday in MeghalayaCorrespondent Shillong Aug 22 Publish Date 8222021 120840 PM ISTMeghalaya recorded 9 COVID-19 related deaths on Sunday pushing the death toll in the state to 1278According to Director of Health Services MI Dr Aman War 6 deaths were reported from East Khasi Hills district 2 from West Khasi Hills district and 1 South West Khasi Hills districtDr War said the state has also detected 317 new COVID-19 cases These include 184 in East Khasi Hills 51 West Khasi Hills 12 West Garo Hills 24 Ri Bhoi 33 West Jaintia Hills 0 East Garo Hills 2 North Garo Hills 0 East Jaintia Hills 2 South Garo Hills 6 South West Khasi Hills and 3 South West Garo Hills Dr War also informed that 382 persons have recovered from the viral infectionOf these 143 are from East Khasi Hills 40 West Garo Hills 22 West Jaintia Hills 81 West Khasi Hills 4 East Garo Hills 4 North Garo Hills 10 South Garo Hills 4 South West Garo Hills 7 East Jaintia Hills 39 Ri Bhoi and 28 South West Khasi Hills So far a total of 73765 COVID-19 cases have been detected in the state out of which 3062 are active cases 69425 recovered while there have been 1278 deathsWith 1476 active COVID-19 cases East Khasi Hills that includes state capital Shillong is the worst affected district in the state followed by West Jaintia Hills with 397 cases and Ri Bhoi with 354There are 330 in West Khasi Hills 232 West Garo Hills 132 South West Khasi Hills 39 East Jaintia Hills 23 North Garo Hills 25 East Garo Hills 24 South West Garo Hills and 30 South Garo Hills